In yet another sign of the global explosion in aquaculture and mariculture interest, the Saipan Tribune reports on one Chinese company’s plan for a 200% expansion in its shrimp farming over the next 75 days. The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) estimates that the Asian market controls nearly 92% of world aquaculture production. Timely: the recent GRI-21 event in Cancun examined the growing role of geosynthetics in aquaculture.